Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

beau geste (bo ZHEST)noun:
  • A gracious, but often meaningless, gesture.
Etymology: From French, literally fine gesture. Earliest documented use: 1920.
office quarterback
  • a manager that is infamously known for handing off their work and other useless assignments to you that they could and should be doing themselves
The office quarterback just handed off a bunch of her assignments to me, AGAIN!

History
  • Pocahontas: Algonquian princess married English colonist John Rolfe, a tobacco planter (1614)
  • veto: was used by a US president for 1st time — by George Washington; it was another half century before Congress first overrode a presidential veto (1792)
  • manual alphabet: Anne Sullivan breaks through to Helen Keller when she spells "water" into her hand (1887)
  • Akashi Kaikyō Bridge: Japanese "Pearl Bridge" opened; it links Kobe to Awaji Island and, at 1,991 meters or 6,532 feet, is the world's longest suspension bridge (1998)
Birthdays 
  • Thomas Hobbes 1588
  • Elihu Yale 1649
  • Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash)
  • Robert Smalls 1839
  • Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery)
  • Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]")
  • Melvyn Douglas (Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg) 1901 - Actor ("Ghost Story", "Being There")
  • Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?")
  • Jagjivan Ram 1908 - Political leader in India
  • Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower")
  • Arthur Hailey 1920 - Author (Airport, The Final Diagnosis)
  • Robert Q. Lewis 1921 - Comedian, TV quiz show panelist ("What's My Line", "To Tell the Truth")
  • Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle) 1922 - Singer ("Ivory Tower"), actress ("My Little Margie")
  • Stan Levey 1925 - Drummer (in band with Charlie Parker), composer
  • Roger Corman 1926 - Director
  • Tony Williams 1928 - Singer (Platters)
  • Nigel Hawthorne 1929 - Actor ("Richard III", "Demolition")
  • Cowboy Jack Clement 1931
  • Billy Bland 1932 - Singer
  • Frank Gorshin 1934 - Impressionist, actor ("Batman", "The Great Imposter")
  • Stanley Turrentine 1934 - Saxophone player
  • Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Ronnie White - Singer (The Miracles)
  • Tommy Cash 1940 - Songwriter, country singer, brother of Johnny Cash
  • David LaFlamme 1941
  • Michael Moriarty 1941 - Actor ("Windmills of the Gods")
  • Peter Greenaway 1942 - Director, writer
  • Allan Clark 1942 - Singer (The Hollies)
  • Maxwell Gail 1943 - Actor ("Barney Miller")
  • Crispin St. Peters 1944
  • Dave Holland 1944 - Musician (Judas Priest)
  • Doug Favell 1945 - Hockey player
  • Jane Asher 1946 - Actress
  • Dr. Judith A. Resnik 1949 - Electric engineer, astronaut
  • Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA)
  • Marv Bateman 1950 - Football player
  • Rennie (Renaldo Antonio Porte) Stennett 1951 - Baseball player
  • Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player
  • Mitch Pileggi 1952 - actor, The X-Files
  • Peter Greenway 1952
  • Peter Case 1954 - Musician (Plimsouls)
  • Stan Ridgeway 1954 - Musician (Wall of Voodoo)
  • Mike McCready 1966 - Musician (Pearl Jam)
  • Troy Gentry 1967 - Country singer
  • Paula Cole 1968 - Singer
  • Krista Allen 1971 - hottie
  • Pharrel Williams 1973 - Rapper
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